My combs on my 1 week old chicks, are they the hens i want???

[artsyrobin]

something i heard, and it has worked out with my chicks, if you lay the chick in the palm of your hand on its back, a hen will not struggle, a roo will, its worked that way with mine....

 

[k2chickens]

wow really??????? i wonder how and why that works???

 

[artsyrobin]

not sure, but lots of old timers swear by their various methods...

 

[k2chickens]

hmmm should i post up more pics at diff. angles of my chicks??? all 5 of them??

 

[Tala]

OK in the group photo, the one in the front which is ALSO the first single you posted (correct?) is a Rhode Island Red, or similar breed, and it looks like my roos. On those, my roosters are still fuzzy butts and the pullets have tail feathers. Yours still looks pretty fuzzy, but again it's hard to tell. The combs all look the same to me at this age.


The second single one you posted was the white/yellow one from the center of the group photo - correct?? Mine like that have combs too, but I'm pretty sure they are pullets. That's a toss up to me, but I would guess pullet at this age.

You can probably tell better in a week or two!!!

 

[Blinkysstars3]

so cute

 

[CBee]

I know it's hard to wait to find out but that is probably what you will have to do. Most people wait until they are two months old or older to check the combs, saddle feathers, etc...If you want to back yourself up, go ahead and get some more. I don't think the size difference will matter if you bought more chicks now, just don't wait too long.

 

[k2chickens]

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thank you, i think i will post up more pic's here soon. Went to TSC today with my girlfriend and they JUST got a shipment in of all kinds of chicks..and ducks!! lol There was one bin where i must have seen at least 7 dead baby chicks it was sooo sad. In another bin i saw one little fella tha was on it's side bearly breathing with it's eyes closed. So i scooped her up and took her to the front, the cashier told me i could take her if i wanted for free...said they take the sick and dead ones and toss them away!!!! I was horrified!! So i ran home with my poor baby chick and got her some water and warm light. Now she's standing, chirping, "and with a lil help" drinking water!!! I hope she turns out ok.

 

[verycherry]

Good luck with the little one. We get them like that too sometimes. I just can't ever leave them there. A lot of them just need to get to the water and food. Some have pasty butt that's gone unattended and they're pasted up so badly they look like they might explode! We clean them up and sometimes they make it, some times they don't, but I'd rather them go peacefully in my warm brooder if they're going to die anyway. It was hard watching the first one pass away, especially for my two youngest daughters, 10 and 6, but they honestly seem to handle it ok now, knowing that they tried as best as they could. Life lessons learned. I won't be surprized if my 10 year old grows up to be a vet.